Kilmore. a parish, and the seat of a diocese, partly in the
barony of Clonmahon, but chiefly in that of Upper Loughtee, county of Cavan,
and province of Ulster, 84 miles (S. W.) from Cavan, on the road to Killesandra
containing, with part of the market-town of Ballinagh (wbich is separately
described), 716 inhabitants. This parish, which derives its name, signifying
the "Great Church," from the abbey of Cella Magna, founded here at an early
period by St. Columba, comprises, ac-cording to the Ordnance survey, 16,886
statute acres, of which 2154 are in Lough Oughter; and 14,114 are ap-plotted
under the tithe act. The soil is various, and the land in some parts under
profitable cultivation; there are some quarries of good building stone3 and
gold and silver have been found in some parts.[From Lewis' Topographical
Dictionary (1837)]

Cemeteries

"In the north west corner of the Cathedral burial-ground is
a slab covering Bishop Bedell's remains. It was of him that it is recorded, his
holy life was so reverenced by all who knew him, that at his funeral a Roman
Catholic Priest said "__"O sic anima mea Bedellei."

Town Records

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